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Elizabeth Taylor: the icon's iconhttp://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2011/mar/24/elizabeth-taylor-icon-talent
Her tenacity, adventures in immorality and profound talent made Liz Taylor the star other stars wanted to be associated with<p><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/elizabethtaylor" title="">Elizabeth Taylor</a> died on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Crawford" title="">Joan Crawford'</a>s birthday: a wholly fitting date. The two leading ladies met on the set of Torch Song in the early 50s, a movie Crawford was filming with Taylor's second husband, Michael Wilding. And they did not hit it off; Crawford could see the future, and it was Taylor. When the younger actor declined to treat Crawford as the movie queen she was, the star branded her &quot;a little bitch&quot; and threatened to teach her some manners. Taylor rebuffed her with typical nonchalance, saying how lucky Wilding was to play a blind man in the movie and therefore be spared the horror of looking at Crawford. </p><p></p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2011/mar/24/elizabeth-taylor-icon-talent">Continue reading...</a>FilmElizabeth TaylorCultureBurlesqueFilm industryThu, 24 Mar 2011 11:51:10 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2011/mar/24/elizabeth-taylor-icon-talentSNAP / Rex Features/SNAP / Rex FeaturesElizabeth Taylor 'redefined modern movie stardom' ... in 1958's Cat on a Hot Tin Roof with Paul Newman. Photograph: SNAP / Rex FeaturesSNAP / Rex Features/SNAP / Rex FeaturesElizabeth Taylor 'redefined modern movie stardom' ... in 1958's Cat on a Hot Tin Roof with Paul Newman. Photograph: SNAP / Rex FeaturesLa JohnJoseph2011-03-24T11:51:10Z